Silver, gilding, copper etc. Tibet, approx.19th cent.


An especially effective and preciously designed amulet container gau with large semi-plastic depiction of the beloved bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara as Simhanada Lokeshvara, with the "voice of a lion". In this form, Avalokiteshvara is called to heal disease and serves as a physician, as indicated by the snake curled around the trident staff. The trident itself is used to kill demons of sickness, as does the flaming sword, from which a lotus blossom emerges. Flaming nimbus and lotus base; the entire piece is lined with red silk. This gau has no window and is completely filled with magical properties.
觀世音菩薩像紋銀加銅等造護身符箱。西藏，約19世紀。高 13 厘米，寬 12.6 厘米，厚4.8厘米。Heinrich Harrer先生舊藏。

SIZE 13 x 12,6 x 4,8 CM (HWD)
From the collection of Heinrich Harrer

This object is from the collection of Heinrich Harrer, mountaineer, adventurous explorer and writer, gained worldwide prominence for his ground- breaking ascent up the Eiger’s north face in 1938 and later for his book “7 Years in Tibet” (1952, translated into 53 languages). In the course of his escape from a British prisoner-of-war camp in India, Harrer, together with Aufschnaiter, was the first ever European to reach Lhasa, where he stayed until 1951. During his stay he became the teacher of the Dalai Lhama, with whom he fled to India during the Sino-Tibetan conflict in 1950/51, sharing a lasting friendship together until the end of his days. The book, which tells of this adventurous escape and his time in Tibet, was made into a blockbuster film in 1997, starring Brad Pitt in the lead role. Harrer, who lived in Hüttenberg (Carinthia) until 2006, was personally acquainted with us and regularly contributed important objects from his collection – most of which was obtained by the Rietberg Museum in Zurich – to earlier exhibitions in our gallery, which was located in Vienna’s Schulerstraße at the time.
Heinrich Harrer 先生 (1912– 2006) 是一位奧地利有名的旅遊者,學者及作家.他出版於1952年的書 “我在西藏度過的7年” 最為出名. 他於1944年作為第一位歐洲人到達拉薩,一直到1951年住在這. 他成為達賴喇嘛的朋友及老師. 他的藝術收藏一部分在瑞士蘇黎世市的雷特博尔格博物館收藏, 另外一部分重要的古玩通過個人關係委託我會拍賣.